From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (June 3, 2018)–Despite never having run beyond six furlongs, lightly raced Loving Lynda settled nicely off the early pace and mustered a stretch drive to out-finish favored Spiced Perfection by a half length in Sunday’s $200,000 Melair Stakes for Golden State Series eligible 3-year-old fillies bred or sired in California. Ridden by Geovanni Franco, trained by Phil D’Amato and owned and bred by Darren and Jim Robbins, Loving Lynda got a mile and a sixteenth over the Santa Anita main track in 1:44.94. “Phil just said he didn’t want to see me on the lead,” said Franco, who notched his second win on the day and who had guided the daughter of Empire Way to her 5 ½ furlong maiden win here on April 28. “He said to find a comfortable spot to let her run and she sure did. I was expecting a lot from her because she’s shown me in the first few races that she’s definitely a runner. “It was just... ...
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